Melethallia - Algae Size:30×40 cm the landmark series in which

the landmark series in which Haeckel — the zoologist who gave us the word "ecology" — turned scientific observation into ornament

Anna Karenina in a low-cut dress that leaves her shoulders bare and a fur stole

blown glass

established in 1903 by the graphic designer and painter Koloman Moser

Born in 1889 in Davos

Melethallia - Algae Size:30×40 cm the landmark series in whichThis plate turns the humblest of organisms colonial algae into a study of pure, repeating pattern. Ernst Haeckel arranged these microscopic plant forms into rosettes, networks and clusters of soft green and gold, the kind of natural geometry that feels almost like wallpaper or textile design rather than a page from a science book. It is one of the 100 lithographs in Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), Haeckel's hugely influential series. A